quote:Originally posted by Mr. Lesbo: France hasn't been much since WWI. I think all around the world there is a love-hate mentality when it comes to America. When a country needs help, not just military might, they love us. On the other hand when we set to defend ourselves, they hate us. This country lost 3000 innocent people on 9\11 and we should stand up and do what we need to do to show those whom choose to attack us, we will not sit idle.
And you avenged your 3000 in Afghanistan. Please draw the link between 11 Sept and Iraq for me.
The love-hate relationship you describe is well-documented: people generally admire US freedoms and liberties, but detest US foreign policy. As I have said here many times before, after 11 Sept, the American people now have no reason to be ignorant of the effects of American foreign policy.
quote: When you look at what America has achieved in 226 years there will be those whom hate us for that alone. America is the greatest nation the world has ever known. I'm not ashamed of that. As a matter of fact I'm damn proud of it.
